The graduate students in this department asked me to post
this announcement.
William Proctor Williams
Department of English
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
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Telephone: (815) 758-4565
or
(815) 753-6608
Fax: (815) 753-0606
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Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
March 29-31, 1996
1996 Graduate Conference on Language and Literature
sponsored by NIU Graduate Coloquium, NIU
Department of English, and
the English Graduate Student Association
Keynote Speaker Leslie Fielder
- Samuel Clemens Professor at SUNY, Buffalo
- Author of several short stories, essays, and over 25 books,
including _Love and Death in the American Novel_,
_Fiedler on the Roof_, _Nude Croquet and Other Stories_
- Noted for explosive 1946 article, "Come Back to the Raft
Ag'in, Huck Honey"
Proposed topics: Twenty Years of _Freaks_
The Mythology of Bioethics
Political Correctness in _Huck Finn_
Poetry Reading
Friday Night Sybil Dunbar
- Professor at North Central College, Naperville, IL
- Author of several creative works
- Best known for her regional poetry, describing the
vivid life of Louisiana
Special Session William P. Williams &
Carol Scheidenhelm
- Technology Meets the English Department:
Teaching, Research, and Computers in the 21st Century
and.... Special Roundtable Session on
Getting Published!
ABSTRACTS DEADLINE December 10, 1995
Please submit FOUR copies of a single-spaced, one-page abstract
describing your paper. Include one cover sheet with
- your name, address, phone number, school, and e-mail
- paper title and category of submission (see ideas below)
- any request for special equipment
If you wish to submit an organized panel, please send an abstract of the
panel as well as an abstract for each paper in the panel.
Each session: 3 papers; 20 minute presentation time
Panel: 3-4 presenters; 1 hour presentation time
Send abstracts:
Conference Directors
NIU GCLL
Department of English
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Papers invited on any aspect of language and literature, including
American and British Literature Comparative Literature
Genre Studies (Gothic, mystery, etc.) Ethnic Studies
Gay & Lesbian Literature Critical Theory
Rhetoric and Composition Film Studies
Textual Criticism & Bibliography Any other literature
written in English
Questions?
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Phone (815) 753-0611
FAX (815) 753-0606
